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‖ ceteris paribus |ˈsiːtərɪs (or ˈsɛt-, ˈkeɪt-| ˈpærɪbəs) Also cæteris paribus. [mod.L.] Other things being equal, other conditions corresponding.
1601T. Wright Passions Pref. A 4 b, Yet my meaning is alwayes cæteris paribus, because [etc.]. 1690Locke Govt. ii. §105. 325 Cæteris paribus, they commonly prefer the Heir of their deceased King. 1751Chesterfield Lett. (1774) II. 124 And cæteris paribus, a French minister will get the better of an English one, at any third court in Europe. 1887W. J. Harris in Nat. Rev. Dec. 454 The wonder is that France is not in a far worse state than ourselves. Cæteris paribus, she ought to be, with her unsettled government [etc.]. 1964Economist 29 Aug. 828/2 That comfortable hold-all, ceteris paribus. |